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my experience with the nsa was, what we heard mainly over the last several years, before any the nsa hade, information about people attacking dick cheney and others, waterboarding. the only time it came up as a debate in the intelligence committee was people from the nsa saying how tough it was to work with the fisa court, to get court orders, to follow up on the information we were getting. stamp, it isrubber- highly scrutinized. i realize the american people will say, do not worry, congress is looking out for you, that is not the greatest overconfidence. theeve me, people on intelligence committee take it seriously. mike rogers is extremely conscientious about that. this stuff is looked at very carefully. i do not see any significant violation of civil liberties, no significant -- like in 2009, it like one of those forest gump moments and you become a witness to history. i was the mayor bloomberg's home when he was entertaining the lord mayor of london. rupert murdoch was there, other powerful people, even tina brown like one of, to show you l it was. ray kelly was there as well. w
my experience with the nsa was, what we heard mainly over the last several years, before any the nsa hade, information about people attacking dick cheney and others, waterboarding. the only time it came up as a debate in the intelligence committee was people from the nsa saying how tough it was to work with the fisa court, to get court orders, to follow up on the information we were getting. stamp, it isrubber- highly scrutinized. i realize the american people will say, do not worry, congress...
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let's talk about the nsa vote. if you have additional stuff we will give you the opportunity to do that. i looked at this issue really, really carefully. number one, nobody likes the fact that any government agency is collecting massive amounts of data. they certainly have the ability to know who you have called. we have had federal judges that look at this and say it is constitutional. we know we have stopped about 50 terrorist attacks. it is a lot to deal with this sort of stuff. i look at who is on the intelligence committees. one of the guys is tom coburn. i was at the oklahoma press association meeting. i watched him stand up and said this has been asked oversight, the most accountable and was absolutely saving american lives. i think there are 14 other members. every single one of them. except one. i think there is one that didn't. written out of the 14 voted that way. both the speaker and the minority leader. we have the snowden revelations. he did not give us an instance of abuse. look at the irs. terrific
let's talk about the nsa vote. if you have additional stuff we will give you the opportunity to do that. i looked at this issue really, really carefully. number one, nobody likes the fact that any government agency is collecting massive amounts of data. they certainly have the ability to know who you have called. we have had federal judges that look at this and say it is constitutional. we know we have stopped about 50 terrorist attacks. it is a lot to deal with this sort of stuff. i look at...
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they think as long as the nsa or some other agency is stopping bad guys, they can go after collecting information on all sorts of people and have no consequences. of course, there is a huge threat to that. we do not want the government to have this kind of data to use against americans in the future. >> yeah. also, i'm also worried about, like, all the gay rights stuff. i'm thinking, like, this could be like the racism thing. but it is like the same thing except it is between days and -- gays and non-gays. who cares? does it really matter? [applause] >> that is a great point. i do not believe the government should be involved in deciding who can get married and who cannot. that is not an appropriate role for the government. marriage is a private institution. it is between two people and their personal lives. i'm an orthodox christian. my wife and i do not need the government telling us that we can get married. no one else needs a government telling them that they can get married. that is up to them. i agree with you. [applause] yes? >> i guess my main question is since congress is sup
they think as long as the nsa or some other agency is stopping bad guys, they can go after collecting information on all sorts of people and have no consequences. of course, there is a huge threat to that. we do not want the government to have this kind of data to use against americans in the future. >> yeah. also, i'm also worried about, like, all the gay rights stuff. i'm thinking, like, this could be like the racism thing. but it is like the same thing except it is between days and --...
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it is about what the nsa and what the government is doing. through reports of how the nsa might be sharing information with the dea and irs, and according to reports, incidentally collecting information, inadvertently collect your information, and then use that information to go after people domestically, and this violates our rule of requiring specific warrants. you cannot have a system where the intelligence agencies, whether it is nsa or any other agency, collects data without a warrant, and then use that, and says, here you go, and prosecute people, and then according to reports, they are covering their tracks, so defense attorneys do not even know where the data came from. so there are a lot of shocking allegations, revelations out there in reports. one of the things i can tell you is we do not have very much oversight of these programs. there is a secret fisa court that interprets things like the patriot act, and these opinions are not available to members of congress. so, for example, the patriot act is a law related to data gathering,
it is about what the nsa and what the government is doing. through reports of how the nsa might be sharing information with the dea and irs, and according to reports, incidentally collecting information, inadvertently collect your information, and then use that information to go after people domestically, and this violates our rule of requiring specific warrants. you cannot have a system where the intelligence agencies, whether it is nsa or any other agency, collects data without a warrant, and...
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. , after the recent leaks on the nsa, we are all concerned about privacy. stated, in my opinion, a little hysterically, the federal data is a privacy disaster waiting to happen, drawing from databases of seven different u.s. agencies, including the department of justice and the irs. i hope you can help us address some of these concerns about data hubs. first, very briefly, what are these data hubs? >> there is a single data hub. situation.important it serves as a router. the hub does not store any information. it routes information. the second point is there is no health information stored or gathered. information is involved? >> what the data hub does, if you fill out an application, that automatically, pings social security. so we verify what you are entering is a social security number, it matches you as an individual, and then it will also paying social security if you are eligible for other types of programs, which would make you ineligible for tax credits. .hen it will move it moved through each of the systems that make. homeland security. you are ver
. , after the recent leaks on the nsa, we are all concerned about privacy. stated, in my opinion, a little hysterically, the federal data is a privacy disaster waiting to happen, drawing from databases of seven different u.s. agencies, including the department of justice and the irs. i hope you can help us address some of these concerns about data hubs. first, very briefly, what are these data hubs? >> there is a single data hub. situation.important it serves as a router. the hub does not...
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you can't have a system where the intelligence agency with it is the nsa or any agency. here you go now you can prosecute people. according to the reports they are covering their tracks so the defense attorneys don't even know where the data came from. so there are a lot of shocking allegations, revelations of their and reports. we don't have very much oversight and government of these programs. there is a secret court that interprets things like the patriot act and the sports opinions are not available to the members of congress. so the patriot act into law related to the data gathering and members of congress have a particular interpretation when they pass it. i voted no to be clear when was up for reauthorization. [applause] they've been horrified at what they found and that the act is actually being interpreted by the court in a much more expensive way than what they expected. they wouldn't have known about that except for the recent disclosure because the court opinion that interpreted the act or secret. members of congress don't get access to those court opinions.
you can't have a system where the intelligence agency with it is the nsa or any agency. here you go now you can prosecute people. according to the reports they are covering their tracks so the defense attorneys don't even know where the data came from. so there are a lot of shocking allegations, revelations of their and reports. we don't have very much oversight and government of these programs. there is a secret court that interprets things like the patriot act and the sports opinions are not...
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art probably nsa ch looks like. "washington journal" is live every day as 7 a.m. eastern. >> let's begin with a very well- known novelist. what brought you? thiswas born a negro in country and welcome deeply. there was no reason not to be involved what is considered the most important and most noted demonstration to free americans. until recently, like most americans, i have expressed my support of civil rights by talking largely about at cocktail parties. summer,y americans this i could no longer pay lip service to a cause that was urgently right and in a time that is so urgently now. tvsunday, american history marks the 50th anniversary of the march on washington with historic and contemporary roundtable discussions. we will have a visit to that gallery, a theater performance of the 1960s civil rights movements. it starts at 1 p.m. eastern, part of american history tv come every weekend on c-span 3. next is a discussion about the state of the u.s. economy with a former white house economic adviser and the ceo of him co-, the largest bond fund in the world, and c
art probably nsa ch looks like. "washington journal" is live every day as 7 a.m. eastern. >> let's begin with a very well- known novelist. what brought you? thiswas born a negro in country and welcome deeply. there was no reason not to be involved what is considered the most important and most noted demonstration to free americans. until recently, like most americans, i have expressed my support of civil rights by talking largely about at cocktail parties. summer,y americans...
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let's talk about the nsa and unhappy, begin if you have additional stuff you want to throw in we will surely give you the opportunity to do that. look, i looked at this issue really, really carefully. number one, nobody likes the fact that any government agency is collecting massive amounts of data. they are not reading your e-mails, listening to your phone but they certainly have the ability to know who you have called. number two, you know, we that federal judges that looked at this and say it's constitutional. well, number three, you, you have to decide whether, we know we've stopped about 50 terrorist attacks, 10 inside the united states, 40 outside, from information to, a lot, you know, to deal with this sort of stuff. and i look at who's on the intelligence committees, you know. one of the guys on the intelligence community is tom coburn of the united states senate. i was at the oklahoma press association meeting with him and watched him stand up and just had the best oversight, the most common you know, accountable and was absolutely saving american lives. i also look, i think
let's talk about the nsa and unhappy, begin if you have additional stuff you want to throw in we will surely give you the opportunity to do that. look, i looked at this issue really, really carefully. number one, nobody likes the fact that any government agency is collecting massive amounts of data. they are not reading your e-mails, listening to your phone but they certainly have the ability to know who you have called. number two, you know, we that federal judges that looked at this and say...
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take questions about his canceled meeting with russian president putin as well as the debt ceiling and nsa surveillance. we will bring it to you live at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. next, former president george w. bush on immigration during a naturalization ceremony at the bush institute on july 10. following the ceremony, the institute hosted a series of panels looking at immigrant contributions to america. this is about two hours. >> wonderful. for theu, jim, introduction. thank you, ambassador. thank you immigrants who are joining us today and thank you to our audience here and watching us. this is being streamed on bushcenter.org. thank you. mentioned weador are here in texas. this is a relevant topic. it is relevant to american nationwide. especially to those of us in the lone star state caret it is an interesting comparison. growthject is the 4% project. we are trying to get u.s. gdp doubled rate it is now. in recent times, we have been growing 2.5% per year. we know we can do better. one way we know we can do better is that in the past we have grown a lot faster. over the past4% 60
take questions about his canceled meeting with russian president putin as well as the debt ceiling and nsa surveillance. we will bring it to you live at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. next, former president george w. bush on immigration during a naturalization ceremony at the bush institute on july 10. following the ceremony, the institute hosted a series of panels looking at immigrant contributions to america. this is about two hours. >> wonderful. for theu, jim, introduction. thank you,...
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we will get reaction from house speaker john boehner on the russian decision to grant asylum former nsa contractor edward snowden. speaker john boehner also talked about the budget process in this 10 minute briefing. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> good morning, everyone. yesterday i met with the house chairman leading the investigation on benghazi. the chairman has been doing good work, much of it behind the again, but i stress once that we need to get to the bottom of what happened that terrible night, why it happened, and how we can prevent similar tragedies in the future. are also continuing to investigate the irs for its abusive power. there is nothing phony about these scandals, mr. president. when four americans are dead, not when the agency when enforcing your health care law has been harassing because of their political beliefs. the american people deserve answers and we will continue to fight for the truth, no matter how badly the administration wants to sweep these issues under the carpet. lea
we will get reaction from house speaker john boehner on the russian decision to grant asylum former nsa contractor edward snowden. speaker john boehner also talked about the budget process in this 10 minute briefing. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> good morning, everyone. yesterday i met with the house chairman leading the investigation on benghazi. the chairman has been doing good work, much of it behind...
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little bit about the relationship especially in light of what's happened with edward snowden and the nsa, that relationship with, between the foreign-facing come poems, the national security facing come poems of the american be government and its relationship to owners and operators of critical infrastructure who traditionally operate domestically? >> well, there are two trends, scott, that are important. upside pinnings of your -- underpinnings of your question. first of all, oh the last decade -- over the last decade increasing lu the department of defense relies on facilities here in the united states in order to operate our forces abroad. and so when you look at the dependence of dod facilities, military bases here on privately-owned infrastructure, especially the electric grid for purposes of today, you can see the imperative for dod to be able to partner effectively not only with industry to assure the flow of those vital electricity services, but, of course, also with the department of energy and the department of homeland security which will always be with in the lead for the fed
little bit about the relationship especially in light of what's happened with edward snowden and the nsa, that relationship with, between the foreign-facing come poems, the national security facing come poems of the american be government and its relationship to owners and operators of critical infrastructure who traditionally operate domestically? >> well, there are two trends, scott, that are important. upside pinnings of your -- underpinnings of your question. first of all, oh the last...